Water-heating apparatus.



H. P. GONSOULAND.

WATER HEATING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION HLED NOV-'2. 1914.

1,178,445. Patented Ap1'.4,1916.

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HENRY P. GONSOULAND, OF OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA.

WATER-HEATING APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 4, 1916.

Application filed November 2, 1914. Serial N o. 869,966.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY P. Gonsou- LAND, a citizen of the UnitedStates, reslding at Oakland, in the county of Alameda and State ofCalifornia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Water-Heating Apparatus; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as Wlll enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

This invention relates to water heating apparatus, designed for use onrailroads and one of the principal objects of the invention is toprovide an apparatus .for heating water for use in the wash room and forflushing the toilet bowl. I

Another object of theinvention is to provide a water heating apparatusfor railway trains, in which steam from the locomotive is used forheating the water for washing purposes and for flushing the toilet bowl.

These and other objects may be attained by means of the constructionillustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which the flgure is a viewin elevation and partial section of a water heating apparatus made inaccordance with this invention.

Referring to the drawing, the numeral 1 designates the water tank and 2is the pipe which leads ordinary cold water into said tank. Leading fromthe tank'l is a discharge pipe 3 which communicates with a heater 4:.The water heater 4 has a steam inlet pipe 5 with a valve 6, said pipe 5leading into the heater 1 and connected up to a coil 7 extending fromnear the top to near the bottom of said heater, and terminating in areturn pipe 8 which leads to the boiler ofthe locomotive. In the heater4 is a float 9 secured centrally to a rod 10, the upper portion 10 ofwhich is adapted to slide in the pipe 3, and the lower portion 11 ofwhich is adapted to slide in av pipe 12 which leads to the toilet bowl13. The top and bottom walls of the heater 4 are formed to provide valveseats 10 and 11 respec tively. The portion 10 is provided at a pointabove the float 9 with a valve 10*, and

vided with float carried by said "the rod above the float, another valvesecured float, a heating coil 10- a steam feed pipe pipe 14, having avertical branch 15 and a horiaontal branch 16, leads up through avertical pipe 17 to a faucet 18 disposed above I the Wash bowl 19, saidfaucet 18 being a valve 20. The bowl 19 is a waste pipe 21 which leadsto the toilet bowl 13. with a flushing valve 22. I

The operation of the invention briefly described as follows:

' Steam may be admitted to the coil .7 through the steam pipe 5 tolheatthewater provlded with may be which is discharged into the heater 1'through the pipe leading from the tank 1.

certain height, the 10 and unseat the valve 11", cuttingofl the supplyof water to the heater and permitpro- The pipe 12 is provided 'When thewater in the heater 4 rises to a float 9 will seat the'valve ting theheated water to flow to the bowl 13 V on the opening of the valve 22.When the level of water in the container-falls below a certain height,the float 9 will seat the valve 11 and unseat the valve 10 permittingwater to enter the heater 4. The steam coil 7 will heat the water and itmay be used in the wash bowl 19 and for flushing the bowl 13.

Various changes may be made in the details of construction withoutdeparting from the spirit and scope of the invention as de fined in theclaim.

What is claimed is A water heating apparatus for toilet and wash bowls,comprising a heater having side, top and bottom walls, said top andbottom walls being provided with inlet and outlet openings,respectively, and with. valve seats surrounding said openings, a feedpipe communicating with the inlet opening, a discharge pipecommunicating with the outlet opening, a rod located within theheaterand having its ends disposed in said pipes, a rod, a valve securedto to the rod belowthe cated within the heater,

connected to the upper end of the coil, a re- In testimony whereof Iaflix my signature tLZETII :Eeed1 pipe1 pionneeted to the lower end inpresence of two Witnesses. o the coi saic ischarge pipe connnnnicatingWith the toilet bowl, another pipe com- HENRY GONSOULAND' 5 municatingWith the heater and with the Witnesses:

Wash bowl, and valves in the steam feed ALBERT VALBEAU, pipe, dischargepipe and said other pipe. J. A. ANDERSON.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

